Alma College Hall of Fame athletes dies in accident

By MORNING SUN SPORTSFormer Alma College standout Cynthia Short died in a snowmobile accident in Foster Township Sunday after losing control of the snowmobile and striking a tree.

She was 49-years old.Short was pronouced dead on arrival at West Branch Regional Medical Center. The cause of the accident remains under investigation according to the sheriff’s office press release.

Short played both basketball and softball at Alma College and earned all-league honors in softball three times and all-conference honors in basketball once. She was inducted into the Alma College Hall of Fame on April 9, 2011.

Short was the athletic director at Lansing Everett High School.

She graduatedfrom Ogemaw Heights High School in 1981. She broke the Ogemaw Heights basketball career-scoring record in 1981 and held the record up through 2010.